At the slidewire basket area of Launch Pad 39A, the STS-92 crew poses
for a group photograph after a question and answer session with the
media. Standing left to right are Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pamela
Ann Melroy and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, William S. McArthur
Jr. (with microphone), Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff, Michael
E. Lopez-Alegria and Koichi Wakata of Japan. The crew is at KSC for
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that provide
emergency egress training, opportunities to inspect the mission
payload, and take part in a simulated countdown. The slidewire basket
area is a landing site for the crew if they have to use the slidewire
baskets to exit the orbiter on the pad in an emergency. STS-92 is
scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the
International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space
Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized
Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle
program.
(Photo Release Date: 09/14/2000
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